Toy pistol



A. F. CARLIN.

TOY PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. I9, I919.

1,346,938. Patented uly 20, 1920.

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Be it. known -that I, Anvil) F. CARLIN, a citizeneof the UnitedStates, and residing at New York, in theicounty of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Toy Pistols, of which the following is a. specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to; which it appertains to make'and use 0 the same. a

This invention relates to toy pistols, and

v the object thereof is to provide'a device of this class which is made from sheet .metal folded into the desired form and which is designed to shoot or project smallspherical or approximately spherical bodies such as peas; andwith this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device 'of the class and for. the purpose specified which is simple in construction and operation and efficient in use:

The invention is' fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which 2-- Figure 1 is a side view of a toy pistol involving my invention;

Fig. 2 a'transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1 and on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 a central longitudinal section through the pistol; M

. Fig. 1 a plan view looking in the direction 5 of the arrow 4 of Fig. 1 but showing only a partof the construction;

Fig. 5 a partial section on the line155 ofFig. 3; and, i i

Fig. 6 a partial section: onthe line 6-6 Of F 3.

In the practice of my invention, I provlde a pistol casing 10 consisting of a barrel portion 11 and a hollow handle portion 12, and these parts are formed integrally and preferably from a single sheet of metal bent into the desired form,the free edges of the barrel portion 11 being crimped together as shown at 13 while the handle portion 12 or the open edges thereof are crimped together as shown at 14.

The barrel portion 11 extends into the handle portion 12 as shown at 15, and a spiral spring 16 is mounted in the part 15 and held in place by inwardly directed members 17 stamped from the opposite sides 18 and. 19 of the handle portion 12- TOY PIsro'L.

Specification of Letters Patent.

,,A spring trigger member 20 is pivoted to and between the sides 18 and 19 of the handle portion 12, as shownfat 21 and the end portion--22 of said member is adapted tobear on the-:bottom of the handle portion12,

while the other or free end23 of said member is provided with an approximately circular hammer head 24 outwardly of which is a finger piece 25. It will be noted thatthe GXtGIlSlOII 15 of the barrel 11 is formed by'inwardlysdirected arc-shaped beaded portions 26 in the separate sides 18 and 19 of the handleportion 12,- and the trigger member 20 is'reduced as shownat 27 below the hammerhead v24 to fit in f and operate between the beaded portions 26. The top of the barrel portion 11, or the extension 15 thereof is provided with an elongated aperture 28 enlarged at one end as shown at 29, and the finger piece 25 of the. trigger member 20 is adapted to pass through and operate'in said aperturesas illustratedinFigs. 3, 4: and 5 ofthe drawing.

. Atrigger catch device 30 is stamped from the side 18 of the handle portion 121as clearly shown in Fig. 3 and. bent inwardly to a slight extent to give it a spring .action, and thefree end of said device is provided withan inwardly depressed portion 31, adapted to engage thetrigger member20. as'indi'cated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, to hold said trigger member in such position against, the'tension of the spring 16.

I .alsostamp from the side of the handle portion 12 a trigger releasing member 32 which is bent inwardly'as shown at 33 and adapted to operate in connection with the trigger: :catch device 30 to disengage the same,.or the part 31 thereof, from said trigger member.

It will be seen from the. foregoing that my improved toy pistol is made from a single sheet of metal fashioned into the desired form, and the only parts employed in connectiontherewith are the trigger member 20 and spring 16. It will, therefore, be seen that the pistol may be made at every reasonable price by reason of its simpliclty in construction as well as the method of making the same. I

, Patented July2O, 1 920., Application filed August 19,11919;:seria1-No.- 31s,4s2. 3

The operation of the pistol will be readily means for securing and holding-said-barrel";

.charge end of said barrel )ortion.

drawing, and when it is desired to project a spherical body, such for example as a pea. from the pistol, the trigger member 20"is' drawn backwardly into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 by grasping desired, and it willalso be understood that the pea or other projectile. may be placed in position in the barrel portion 11 by passing the same thereinto through the open br dis- V It will also be understood that whi el'have shown certain details'of construction for carrying my invention intoeffect, I am not necessarily limited to these details, as various changes thereinv and modifications thereof may be ,made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages. Having fully described my invention, whatI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A toy pistol of the class described made from a single sheet of metal fashioned to form a barrel portion and a handle portion, means for securing and holding said barrel and'handle portions in position, a trigger,

member movably mounted in said handle portion,and a movable catch device formed integrally with said handle portion and adapted to operate in connection with said trlgger member;

'2. A toy pistol of the class described made from a single sheet of metal fashioned to form a barrel portion and a handle portion,

and handle portions in position, a trigger member movably mounted in said handle portion, a' catch' device formed integrally --with said handle portion and adapted to op- .erate in connection with said trigger member, and a trlgger releaslng member formed from said handle portion'and adapted to vice.

3. A toy pistol of the class described formed from sheet metal and comprising a barrel portion and a handle portion integral therewith, the barrel portion extending into said handle portion, a spiral spring mounted within the extension of said barrel portion the top of said extension being provided with an aperture,.a trigger member mounted within the handle portion and adapted to pass through said aperture and in connection with which said spring operates, and a catch device in said handle portion adapted to opher in one position thereof.

4, A toy formed from sheet metal and comprising a barrel portion and a handle portion integral therewith, the barrel portion extending into said handle portion, a spiral spring mounted within the extension of said barrel portion the top of said extension being provided withan aperture, a trigger member mounted within the handle portion and adapted to passthrough said aperture and in connection erate in connection with said trigger mempistol of the class described operate in connection with said catch dewith which saidspring operates, a catch device insaid handle portion adapted to oper-' ate 1n connection with 'saidtrigger' member 1n one position thereof, andrmeans ln-sald handle portion operating-Lin connection'with said catch device for releasing'saldtrigger member. f

In testimony that Iclaimthe foregoing as my invention I have signed my .name in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 15th day of August, 1919.

- 7 ARVID F. CARLIN.

Witnessesi t j C. E. MULREANY, .4

E} THOMPSON. 

